Epic Failure of Discipline??

So with a 2 year old boy and a 3 year old boy.....I've been struggling with the whole "listen to me" phenomenon. I've encouraged my husband to take a more active role in this situation. So the other night he took to spanking both boys on the butts for disobeying, and promptly set them on separate couches. After about 20 seconds, they both started laughing. THE BOYS. ...... Not my husband!! I looked at him and said. "yeah, we're screwed."

Last night, they were being RIDICULOUS and completely wild and not even hearing anything I was requesting, saying, commanding, etc. (yes...commanding....like a dog trainer).

At the same time, out of complete coincidence, my husband stood up and unbuckled his belt and slid it out of his pants. (he had only been home from work like 30 minutes, so he was making himself comfortable). Do you see it folks??? Do you see the scene opening up in front of your eyes???? This is called foreshadowing.

The lightbulb went off over my head! Huge! Not even florescent! A real old fashioned light bulb. So I yelled out. "Do you see that belt? Do you see Daddy taking it off???? THAT IS WHAT HE IS GOING TO SPANK YOUR BUTTS WITH IF YOU DON'T START LISTENING"

Right on cue, my husband, the giant teddy bear of a Daddy, snapped it together like you see in the movies and it made that loud, impending doom of a noise. Both boys stopped DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS AND INSTANTLY BURST INTO TEARS!

I smiled. I know it sounds barbaric, hideous, mean, old-fashioned. But I was like "YES, MOTHER OF GOD, something they are intimidated by!!!!!  Meanwhile, my husband was looking all sad and pathetic because he made the boys cry. I was trying to hide my grin so they knew we were serious.

So the belt got put away (cause let's face it, neither one of us is actually gonna use it). And they calmed down, and the evening went on in a bit more of a peaceful fashion.

**Fast forward 16 hours

They were sitting at the table fighting over their stupid cups. I took them away, told them to hush and walked away. All hell broke loose and I said "That's it, I'm going to get Daddy's belt". I flew upstairs, realized he is at work and wearing it. Grabbed my black belt with stars on it and glitter, came down, folded it in half and snapped it. HARD. Right over my boob. Which got caught in the SNAP.

yup. Well played karma. Well played.

A Christmas Message....

I haven't posted in awhile. Life gets in the way. But I sure think about all the things I could possibly be writing about daily! My life with 2 toddler boys is NEVER dull :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. I hope you're with the people you love and making memories!

I am making the resolution to use my blog as my "outlet" in 2014. Why not share my experiences with the world wide web??? I share with Facebook daily... Those people are sick of me! But this blog? This can entertain millions! Bahahahaha!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all!

I'll see you in '14!

Heather